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Reviewer: Debbis312, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 3

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment: I was very nervous about taking this drug after reading a number of negative reviews. However, I fortunately did not experience any bad side effects. My doctor does not normally prescribe this drug and gave it to me only because I requested to take pills. As a result, his staff did not even know the correct times to tell me to take it. The directions say to take the first regimen the evening befor
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Comment:I was very nervous about taking this drug after reading a number of negative reviews. However, I fortunately did not experience any bad side effects. My doctor does not normally prescribe this drug and gave it to me only because I requested to take pills. As a result, his staff did not even know the correct times to tell me to take it. The directions say to take the first regimen the evening before and the second one 3-5 hours before your procedure. I strongly agree with the reviewer who wrote this is soooo wrong. You shouldn't have anything to eat or drink for 12 hours prior to anesthesia. This is way too late and you'll notice that people who wrote they did that were the ones having a problem in the morning. On the other hand, a friend of mine took the pills at noon and 4pm the day before the procedure. I thought that seemed too early. So after researching the times that a lot of people took the pills, I made my own decision to go inbetween - I started the first round at 3pm and the second one at 8pm (I had to be at the hospital at 8:30am for a 10:30am procedure). This worked out perfectly. Bathroom runs started around 4pm and by midnight I was pretty much done. I was able to sleep through the night from 12:30 until 7am. Felt ok in the morning and doc told me I did a great job of cleansing. As far as the nausea/vomiting reported by several, I did not experience any. But I also want to point out that although I started taking the pills at 3pm, I had NOTHING to eat from the time I woke up that day. Don't know if it's related, but I wonder if that helps to prevent nausea. Also, as several people reported, I drank MORE than the recommended amount of liquid. As I don't like Gatorade and instructions were to drink any liquid, I took all the pills with just water. The only think I ate the whole day were a few bowls of sugar free lemon jello. I would definitely use this method again - remember, don't eat for 12 hours before starting pills and drink a lot of water!Hide Full Comment

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Reviewer: LAN, 55-64 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 3

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 3

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment: Effectiveness: No, I was still emptying at the time of the procedure and several hours afterwards.
Ease of Use: Tablets are much too large to swallow easily.
Satisfaction: I was told to take 20 tablets between 6PM and 7PM on the evening before my procedure. I was up off and on all night, in the restroom.
During the morning of my procedure, I was weak, dizzy, my eyes would not focus.
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Comment:Effectiveness: No, I was still emptying at the time of the procedure and several hours afterwards.
Ease of Use: Tablets are much too large to swallow easily.
Satisfaction: I was told to take 20 tablets between 6PM and 7PM on the evening before my procedure. I was up off and on all night, in the restroom.
During the morning of my procedure, I was weak, dizzy, my eyes would not focus.
I was told to take 12 tablets between noon and 1PM on the day of my procedure. By the time I needed to head to the hospital for my procedure at 3PM, I was still rushing to the restroom, I could barely walk, I was extremely light-headed, and I even had trouble talking.
For two days following my procedure (which was a routine colonoscopy that found absolutely no problems)I continued to have stomach cramping and nausea.
In Summary: This is a horribly strong medication that caused severe symptoms. I basically lost four days of my life due to this medication. Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: Unhappy_camper, 45-54 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 1

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 2

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 1

Comment: It felt like lots of tablets,never ending. Finally, at night before the exam, I started vomiting blood with no known inflammatory bowel disease. I had to be in emergency room all night. They stabilized me but as result I did not have a completely emptied colon. The test was mostly an waste of time and money and they asked to repeat in 2 years with a different bowel prep.

Comment:It felt like lots of tablets,never ending. Finally, at night before the exam, I started vomiting blood with no known inflammatory bowel disease. I had to be in emergency room all night. They stabilized me but as result I did not have a completely emptied colon. The test was mostly an waste of time and money and they asked to repeat in 2 years with a different bowel prep.Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: scribesks, 65-74 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment: OsmoPrep is a gift from the gods. I've had numerous colonoscopies since the first doctor didn't take good notes and the successive doctors, wanting to CYA, wanted to err on the side of caution. You take 20 pills at night, 4 every 15 minutes, with 8 oz. of clear liquid. After about 2 hours, voila! Results. You take 12 the next morning. After an hour, results! There were no after-eff
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Comment:OsmoPrep is a gift from the gods. I've had numerous colonoscopies since the first doctor didn't take good notes and the successive doctors, wanting to CYA, wanted to err on the side of caution. You take 20 pills at night, 4 every 15 minutes, with 8 oz. of clear liquid. After about 2 hours, voila! Results. You take 12 the next morning. After an hour, results! There were no after-effects. As for the price, I paid $110; insurance paid $60. When compared to the liquid, where I'd drink 4 oz., throw up 3; drink 3 oz., throw up 2, is there a comparison? It's like night and day. The pills are a gift. For the person who complained at having to pay $25, consider yourself lucky. I'd pay $200 not to have to swallow that liquid! Please ask your doctor to prescribe OsmoPrep. Worth every penny!Hide Full Comment

Reviewer: Trixie, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)

Effectiveness

Current Rating: 5

Ease of Use

Current Rating: 5

Satisfaction

Current Rating: 5

Comment: Medication took longer than expected to kick in. Took a little over 3 hours. Doctor said he couldn't find anything during my colonoscopy and commented that my prep was great.
Prescription directions warned of possible kidney damage side effects. I drank over 2 gallons of liquids that day. I'm hoping that was enough to combat any side effects. I also drank a lot of fluids the days fo
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Comment:Medication took longer than expected to kick in. Took a little over 3 hours. Doctor said he couldn't find anything during my colonoscopy and commented that my prep was great.
Prescription directions warned of possible kidney damage side effects. I drank over 2 gallons of liquids that day. I'm hoping that was enough to combat any side effects. I also drank a lot of fluids the days following the procedure.Hide Full Comment

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